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At the food bank in Washington, D.C., Barbara Livingston is stocking up on supplies: huge bags of potatoes and onions, crates of milk, and boxes of clementines.
This is a good day she should have enough to feed everyone who comes to her food pantry.
But this year, these days are rare.
"We give them the best we can," says Livingston. "This food bank, well, it's not always as good as it used to be."
It's the same story all across the country: food banks are running critically short on supplies.
"We are getting less food donated into our system," says Brian Smith, the chief operating officer of the Capital Area food bank in D.C. "That means we are able to get less food back out into the community."
This time last year, Smith's food bank had 570,000 pounds of donated goods. This year, they have less than half that.
More at link: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3975535&page=1
This is a good day she should have enough to feed everyone who comes to her food pantry.
But this year, these days are rare.
"We give them the best we can," says Livingston. "This food bank, well, it's not always as good as it used to be."
It's the same story all across the country: food banks are running critically short on supplies.
"We are getting less food donated into our system," says Brian Smith, the chief operating officer of the Capital Area food bank in D.C. "That means we are able to get less food back out into the community."
This time last year, Smith's food bank had 570,000 pounds of donated goods. This year, they have less than half that.
More at link: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3975535&page=1